Nocked vs Hocked - What's the difference?
nocked | hocked |
(nock)
Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.
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(nautical) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail.
To fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow.
To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).
(hock)
A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region, but often applied to all Rhenish wines.
The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
Meat from that part of a food animal.
, obligation as collateral for a loan.
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Debt.
Installment purchase.
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Prison.
As verbs the difference between nocked and hocked
is that nocked is (nock) while hocked is (hock).nocked
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *nock
English
Noun
(en noun)- He took his arrow by the nock .
Verb
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hocked
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*hock
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Etymology 1
From hockamore, from the name of the German town of .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) hoch, hough, hocke, from Old English ‘skeleton’)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* rattle one's hocksEtymology 3
.Noun
(-)- He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop.
- They were in hock to the bank for $35 million.